In this paper we investigated the impact of global capital adequacy norms on the asset portfolios of Indian banks. This research question is important in the Indian context as the Indian banks have adopted global regulatory norms in integration with the already existing domestic policy...

This paper distils three lessons for bank regulation from the experience of the 2009-12 euro-area financial crisis. First, it highlights the key role that sovereign debt exposures of banks have played in the feedback loop between bank and fiscal distress, and inquires how the regulation of...